Chapter 270: Qin Hao Returns, Optimizing the Warship

Seeing this new feature, Qin Hao couldn't help but his mouth corners curl up wildly.

Although there are certain limitations and risks, this grants him unprecedented initiative!

He no longer needs to, like a power bank, personally run to the energy source.

He can, like a true cosmic Overlord, draw energy from any celestial body he wants across a vast distance!

"This... this is practically a charging method tailor-made for me!"

Thinking of this, he can't wait to try out the "Concept Creation" ability.

He closed his eyes and began, in his mind, to conceive a defensive material he considered perfect.

"First, it must be liquid metal, able to change shape at will."

"Second, its density must exceed that of neutron-star matter, yet its weight must be as light as a feather."

"Its surface must be nearly absolutely smooth, able to withstand any physical attack."

"The material itself must possess energy inertia, repelling all conventional forms of energy, whether lasers, particle beams, or space weapons, which cannot inflict effective damage on it."

"Finally, it must be able to perfectly resonate with my mental power, enabling thought control."

... One harsh condition after another gradually took shape in his mind.

The system panel immediately gave a response.

【Detecting concept conception……beginning theoretical analysis……logic framework generating……】

【Concept analysis complete, an executable plan has been generated.】

【Replicating this concept entity requires energy consumption: 15.2 million energy units.】

"Just over ten million?" Qin Hao looked at his long string of energy reserves, feeling it was a drop in the bucket.

"Replicate!"

He issued the command without hesitation.

Hum—

The next second, inside the starship's lounge, a mass of gray liquid metal appeared out of nowhere.

It hovered silently in midair, emanating a cold yet powerful aura.

Qin Hao reached out, and the mass of liquid metal, as if alive, instantly flowed over, covering his entire body under his mental control.

In the blink of an eye, a set of gray battle armor, full of streamlined beauty and perfectly conforming to his body's curves, was donned.

The armor's surface flowed with luster, showing no seam, as if it had merged with him.

A sense of unprecedented safety welled up in Qin Hao's heart.

He could clearly feel that the armor's defense far surpassed any equipment he had ever encountered, even including those warships of the Bitern Empire.

"It's truly powerful!"

Qin Hao clenched his fists, feeling the surging power transmitted by the armor, overjoyed.

This heaven-defying ability will no longer be merely her personal trump card.

It is also the Yanhuang Civilization announcing to the entire Milky Way Galaxy that it has the qualifications to be a player.

While Qin Hao was immersed in the joy of his new ability, on his way back at full speed to the Yanhuang Civilization.

A storm that would decide the fate of civilizations was quietly brewing.

Blue Star.

Intelligence Minister Kong Jie, using an extremely grave tone, was reporting his findings.

"We have intercepted an encrypted message, a communication between the Bitern Empire and its subordinate, a third-level high civilization named 'Sirius'."

In the conference room, the faces of all senior officials sank.

They knew that to make the usually calm Kong Jie use such wording, the intelligence content was absolutely no trivial matter.

"According to the intelligence, the Bitern Empire, after years of analysis and model simulation,

finally formally defined our great people's thoughts as a high-risk, highly contagious cognitive meme virus."

"A virus?"

Zhou Shaoqing's fists clenched instantly.

"Yes, a virus."

Kong Jie continued, "They believe this thought possesses the ability, from society's lower strata, to completely dismantle the civilizational structure they built on absolute rationality and logical order."

In their threat assessment, this thought's danger is extremely high, even surpassing the Koluo Empire they have confronted for millions of years.

This conclusion made everyone present feel a chill down their spines.

The thought they pride themselves on, the foundation of their civilization's rise, in the eyes of a higher civilization, is actually a plague more terrifying than war.

"Therefore,"

Kong Jie took a deep breath and spoke the most crucial content: "The Bitern Empire has already secretly issued a purification order to the Sirius civilization."

"The order requires the Sirius civilization to muster its finest fleet and physically cleanse the virus source, namely our Yanhuang Civilization."

"As for why they don't act themselves,"

Kong Jie's eyes flashed with a hint of cold mockery: "The intelligence also mentioned that they want, through this war, to observe our combat methods and the concrete performance of our thought in war,

"hoping to gain some inspiration from it to use in the future against the Koluo Empire.

"In their eyes, we and the Sirius civilization are merely pawns on a chessboard that they can freely move and sacrifice."

"The so-called talent exchange program, from the very beginning, has been a complete sham."

"Its true purpose is to collect virus samples up close for research and to assess our actual threat level."

When Kong Jie finished reporting, the entire conference room fell into a deathly silence.

They have always been nothing more than lab rats and experimental subjects in the eyes of a fourth-level civilization.

"Purification... what a purification!"

The dead silence was shattered by Zhou Shaoqing's angry roar.

"Too brazen! Do they really think our Yanhuang Civilization is fish on a cutting board, to be slaughtered at will?!"

"Strike! Must strike!"

Zhang Xianzhong's reaction was completely different; in his eyes there was no anger, only a soaring battle spirit,

"We can't dodge! Since they have the knife at our throats, we can only cut off their knives, along with their throats!"

This time, no one objected.

The retreat route was already gone....

Not long after the meeting ended, Qin Hao finally returned.

Lao Luo immediately summoned him to his office, and Qin Hao learned the current situation from him.

"Commander Zhang is right; as long as they dare to cause trouble, we will strike back directly; retreat is not our style."

Qin Hao's gaze was sharp. He then told Lao Luo about upgrading the system to a 'Conceptual Creation'.

"Is everything you said true? That's great!"

Lao Luo was first shocked by the news, then overwhelmed by immense euphoria.

His look at Qin Hao had completely changed.

With this trump card, the Yanhuang Civilization will no longer be a pawn.

"If they want purification, we'll let them see what a spark can set the prairie ablaze."

Lao Luo said with boundless enthusiasm.

And Qin Hao's mouth curled a cold arc, "Don't they want to see how we fight? Then I'll fight for them to see."

"But before that, I need to give our fleet an unprecedented upgrade, to re‑optimize those warships once more."

Hearing this, Lao Luo nodded.

"Good! This matter is yours to handle."

After bidding farewell to the group, Qin Hao set out.

Half a month later,

All warships had been optimized, and in simulated engagements each 'Heaven Sword‑class' warship's strength already surpassed that of the Biteen Empire's warships.

However, the number was a bit low, only one hundred thousand.

According to intelligence analysis, the Biteen Empire possessed roughly two billion warships, the depth of a Level‑Four civilization.

To guard against the Biteen Empire acting directly, Qin Hao expended five hundred million energy units to replicate five hundred million Heaven Sword‑class warships as a backup.

As for the Heavenly Wolf Civilization, Qin Hao paid it no heed.